Washing apparatus.



E. A. HAWTHORNE.

WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED m1951913.

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Be 1t known that l, ELLSWORTH A. HAW- frnonnit, a citizen of the United States,- residing inthe city of Bridgeport, county of" Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lvif'ashing Appaiatiisg-and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertai'ns to make and use the same.

This invention rela-tes to the subject of clotlies"\vasliing, and the main object of the invention is to provide a washing apparatus that is strictly automatic in its action, and whichzincludes means whereby boiling soapy wateris caused to circulate through the articleslto be washed so that4 all dirt will be thoroughly extracted from the articles being washed.'

`W ith `this object in View the invention contemplates a washer that can be readily placed in y a boiler and is provided with meansxwhereby as the water is agitated incidentalto boiling, the water will enter the 'washer and simultaneously inject air that commingleswith the Water and iows to a combined air and soap chamber causing the water to act upon soap to produce suds and also commingle with air in the chamber and 'be discharged from the chamber under pressure and act upon the clothes,si1ch inflow and discharge of the water and air causing `a circulation thro-ugh the washer the intensity and violence of which increases as the agitation of the water increases incidental to' boiling, with the result that the clothes are subjected to the action of a continuous and violent circulation of soapy Water, or suds. f t

lThe invention also aims to provide a clothes washer in which the various parts can be readily separated.,andv certain parts` thereof used in connection with a hand grip .so that they may be used as a hand implement for pounding, y

in producing an invention possessing the characteristics generally stated above, it will be obvious that the same is susceptible to changes in details and structural arrangements, simple and practical embodimentsv being shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a View in elevation showing the automatic washer in operation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view oit the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24:, 1914.

Application led August 5, 1913. Serial No. 783,112.

washer. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing how parts of the washer may be used as a hand implement. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the type oi soap used in connection with the washer.

The improved washer in its preferred Jform comprises in its general organization a chamber or casing 1, shown as cylindrical, and provided with a cover 2, detachably held in position by means of a bayonet joint 3, and serving to close the top of the chamber. The cover 2 is preferably concaved to form an interior baille l, for a purpose to be explained. The bottom 5 of the chamber 1 is open at its vcenter and equipped with a tube 6 that projects centrally up into the said chamber 1 and terminates below the cover 2 and above the discharge openings 7 in thelupper portion of' the wall ofisaid chamber. The tube 6 is internally threaded at its lower end for the reception of the internally and externally threaded portion of the tubular neck 8 of an outer cone 9, and is perforated as at a.. The cone 9 is strengthened by means of corrugations 10 and has its lower edge or base rolled, as indicated at 11, for a similar purpose, and adjacent the lower edge the cone 9 is provided with a row of inlet openings 12. The interior threads of neck 8 of cone 9 are engaged by theV threaded upper portion of a tube 13 that depends into cone 9, and has an outer cone 14 depending from an intermediateV portion, and an inner cone 15 depending from its free end, the cones 11i and 15 being each provided with a row of lateral inlet openings 16 and 17respectively; The cones 9, 14 and 15 are graduated in size, the cone 9 being the larger one, and cone 14, being larger than cone 15, and said cones are arranged in spaced relation, with the lower edge of cone 9 projecting below the similar edge of cone 14, and the lower edge of cone 14 projecting below the similar edge of cone l5, and the inlet openings 16 of said cone 14 are in a plane lower than the openings 17 of the cone 15. By this arrangement, when the washer is placed in a boiler A, or other receptacle, the cone 9 only rests upon the bottom of said receptacle.

Thewasher as described, may made of sheet metal, and in the process of manufacturing the same when the threads areAA formed upon'the neclcS and tube 13, it will be clear that both interior and exterior threads are formed on said parts, thus noem-ae g :2. ln an automat-ic washing apparatus, the combination of an outer cone provided with inlet openings adjacent its lower end; inner cones within the outer cone in spaced, nested relation thereto, the lower edges of said inner cones being in a plane above the lower edge of the outer cone, said inner cones being provided with inlet openings;and a soap chamber detachably connected tothe cones, said chamber being provided with discharge outlets.

.ln an automatic washing apparatus, the combination of a body portion having an intake for boiling water; a soap chamber surinounting the same and provided with a central admission tube and lateral discharge out. ts at its upper end9 the soap being seated in the lower portion of the chamber; and a protector resting upon the soap.

cones secured to said tube and bearing a fixed relation to the first-named cone, said pair of cones likewise having openings formed in the walls thereof; a chamber screwed upon the upper end of the neck aforesaid; a tube extendingl upwardly in said Chamber and thereby forming a space between the walls of the chamber and itself for the reception of soap, said chamber having lateral discharge openings formed around the upper end thereof at a point slightly below the termination of the upper end of the tube; and a dish-shaped cover secured to the upper end of the chamber, said cove-r forming a bao against which the water which is ejected upwardly throughl the tube impinges and is thrown out laterally into the chamber above the soap and through the openings formed in said chamber.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ELLSWORTE HAWTHORNE. Witnesses:

E. HORACE-"HAWTHORNE, E. Louisa Soortr. 

